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This is a container category. Due to its scope, it should contain only subcategories . This category includes articles on historically significant tornadoes in the United States .
In late 2023, American meteorologist and tornado expert Thomas P. Grazulis created the Outbreak Intensity Score (OIS) as a way to rank tornado outbreaks. [1] [2] For the score, only significant tornadoes are counted: F2/EF2 tornadoes receive 2 points each, F3/EF3 tornadoes receive 5 points each, F4/EF4 tornadoes receive 10 points each, and F5/EF5 tornadoes receive 15 points each. [1]
Here are 10 different types of tornadoes that have been documented across North America. The smallest type of tornado can be short-lived, lasting just a few minutes, but that is not always the case.
The Great St. Louis Tornado of 1896 is estimated to have killed at least 255 people and injured more than 1,000 on May 27, 1896, as it wreaked havoc across the St. Louis, Missouri, area.
This category contains articles on tornado events. For articles on the science of tornadoes, see Category: ... Pictures of tornadoes (1 C) S. Satellite tornadoes (7 P) T.
More than 100 people have been injured and one person killed as tornadoes tore through Indiana and Ohio. 10 dramatic pictures of the destruction caused by U.S tornadoes Skip to main content
11 (1 indirect, 7 injuries) A tornado formed to the west-southwest of Thurman and passed to the south of the town. A barn in the tornado's path was destroyed while 18 people were inside. 10 people were killed, 9 of which were children. Another person died four months later of injuries sustained from the tornado.
The 2011 Super Outbreak was the largest tornado outbreak spawned by a single weather system in recorded history; it produced 367 tornadoes from April 25–28, with 223 of those in a single 24-hour period on April 27 from midnight to midnight CDT, [4] [11] fifteen of which were violent EF4–EF5 tornadoes. 348 deaths occurred in that outbreak, of which 324 were tornado related.